Judy Alter Publications

ADULT FICTION

• A Ballad for Sallie (New York: Doubleday & Co., 1992; Leisure Books, 1998)
• Cherokee Rose (New York: Bantam, 1996)
• Fool Girl and Other Stories (Spring, Texas: Panther Creek Press, forthcoming 2005)
• Jessie [a novel based on the life of Jessie Benton Frémont] (New York: Bantam, 1995)
• Libbie [a novel based on the life of Elizabeth Bacon Custer] (New York: Bantam, 1994)
• Mattie (New York: Doubleday, 1988); Spur Award for Best Western Novel; to be reprinted by Leisure Books, January 1997
• Mattie, large print edition (Thorndike, Maine:Center Point Press, 2003)
• So Far from Paradise (Fort Worth: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, serialized in April and May 1986)
• Sue Ellen Learns to Dance (Spring, Texas: Panther Creek Press, 2006)
• Sundance, Butch and Me (New York: Leisure Books, 2002)

SHORT STORIES

• "The Art of Dipping Candles," Louis L'Amour Western Magazine, July 1995 Finalist for Spur Award, Western Writers of America, 1995
• "The Damnyankee," Dallas Morning News Scene Magazine (n.d.)
• "The Education of Melanie Beaufort," Legend [Co-author with Elmer Kelton, Loren Estleman, Jane Candia Coleman, Ed Gorman, and Robert Randisi] (New York: Leisure, 1999)
• “The Fly on the Wall,” Stagecoach (New York: Berkley Books, 2003)
• "Fool Girl," This Place of Memory Joyce Roach, ed. (Denton, Texas: the University of North Texas Press, 1992) Western Heritage (Wrangler) Award, National Cowboy Hall of Fame, 1992
• “Miss Kate and Me,” New Texas 2002 (Belton, Texas: Mary Hardin Baylor University, 2002)
• "An Old Woman's Lament about War," Collective Heart Joyce Roach, ed. (Austin: Eakin Publishing, Fall 1996)
• “Pegeen’s Revenge,” Guns of the West Ed Gorman and Martin Greenberg, eds. (New York: Berkley Publishing, 2002)
• "Prisoners," Collective Heart Joyce Roach, ed. (forthcoming, Austin: Eakin Publishing, Fall 1996)
• "Santa on the Range," Dallas Times Herald, December 24, 1990, E5
• "Sue Ellen Learns to Dance," Texas Short Stories '96 (Dallas: Browder Springs Publishing Company, 1997)
• "Sweet Revenge," New Trails (New York: Bantam, 1995)
• "That Damn Cowboy!" Roundup! Ed. Stephen Overholser (New York: Doubleday and Co., 1982)
• "Wildflower Wreath," Texas '92! (Denton: The Center for Texas Studies, 1992)
• "The Woman Who Loved Too Well," Concho River Review, Volume VII, No. 1 (Spring 1993), p. 25

JUVENILE NONFICTION

• Abraham Lincoln (Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow Publishing, 2002)
• Amusement Parks: Rollercoasters, Ferris Wheels and Cotton Candy (Danbury, Connecticut: Franklin Watts, forthcoming 1997)
• Andrew Johnson (Berkeley Heights, N.J: Enslow Publishing, 2002)
• Beauty Pageants: Tiaras, Roses and Runways (Danbury, Connecticut: Franklin Watts, 1997)
• Christopher Columbus (Minneapolis, MN: The Child's World, 2002)
• Christopher Reeve-Triumph Over Tragedy (Danbury, CT: Franklin Watts, 2000)
• Cissie Palmer (Danbury, CT: Franklin Watts, 1998)
• The Comanches (New York: Franklin Watts, 1995)
• Daniel Boone (Minneapolis MN: The Childs World, 2002)
• Eli Whitney (New York: Franklin Watts 1990)
• Exploring and Mapping the American West ( Danbury, CT: Children's Press, 2001)
• Extraordinary Explorers and Adventurers (Danbury, CT: Children's Press, 2001), Voice of Youth Advocates Nonfiction Honor List, 2002
• Extraordinary Women of the American West (Danbury CT: Children’s Press, 1999) Named an Outstanding Social Studies Book for Young Readers for 2000 by the Children’s Book Council; finalist for Young Adult Nonfiction Spur Award from Western Writers of America
• Great Women of the Old West (Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2001)
• Growing Up in the Old West (New York: Franklin Watts 1989)
• Harry S. Truman (Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow Publishing, 2002)
• Henrietta King (Abilene, TX: State House Press, forthcoming)  
• Illinois (Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow Publishing, 2002)
• The Indian Wars (Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow Publishing, 2002)
• Laura Ingalls Wilder (Minneapolis, MN: The Child's World, 2003)
• Meet Me at the Fair: County, State and World Fairs and Expositions (Danbury, Connecticut: Franklin Watts, 1997)
• Mexican-American Culture Minneapolis MN: The Childs World, 2002)
• Mirabeau B. Lamar (Abilene, TX: State House Press, forthcoming)
• Missouri (Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow Publishing, 2003)
• Montana (Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishing, 2003)
• Native American Culture (Minneapolis MN: The Childs World, 2002)
• New Mexico (Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow Publishing, 2002)
• North Carolina (Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishing, 2003)
• North Carolina (Minneapolis, MN: The Child's World, 2003)
• Rodeo! The Best Show on Dirt (Danbury, Connecticut: Franklin Watts, 1996)
• Sacajawea (Minneapolis MN: CompassPoint Books, 2002)
• Sam Houston: A Leader for Texas (Danbury, Connecticut: Grolier, Inc., 1997)
• Samuel Morse (Minneapolis, MN: The Childs World, 2003)
• The Santa Fe Trail (Danbury, Connecticut: Grolier Inc., 1998)
• Texas (Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow Publishing, 2002)
• Ulysses S. Grant (Berkeley Heights, N. J.: Enslow Publishing, 2002)
• Vaudeville (Danbury CT: Franklin Watts, 1998)
• Washington, DC (Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishing, 2003)
• Wild West Shows: Rough Riders and Sure Shots (Danbury, Connecticut: Franklin Watts, forthcoming, 1997)
• Williamsburg (Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point, 2003)
• Women of the Old West (New York: Franklin Watts, 1989)

• After Pa was Shot (New York: William Morrow & Co., 1978; E-Heart & Ellen Temple, 1990) available from Eakin Publishing Co., Austin
• Callie Shaw, Stableboy (Austin, Texas: Eakin Publishing, 1996)
• Katie and the Recluse (Dallas: E-Heart and Ellen Temple Publishing, 1991)
• Luke and the Van Zandt County War (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1984); Named Best Juvenile of the Year by the Texas Institute of Letters
• Maggie and a Horse Named Devildust (Dallas: E-Heart and Ellen Temple Publishing, 1989)
• Maggie and Devildust--Ridin' High! (Dallas: E-Heart and Ellen Temple Publishing, 1990)
• Maggie and the Search for Devildust (Dallas: E-Heart and Ellen Temple Publishing, 1989)
• Sam Houston Is My Hero (Fort Worth: TCU Press, 2003)

NONFICTION BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS

• American Osteopathic College of Radiology: A Fifty Year History (Milan, Missouri: American Osteopathic College of Radiology, 1990)
• Dorothy M. Johnson (Boise, Idaho: Boise State University Western Writers Series, 1980)
• Elmer Kelton and West Texas: A Literary Relationship (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1989)
• Literary Fort Worth, edited with James Ward Lee (Fort Worth: TCU Press, 2002)
• Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine: The First Twenty Years (Fort Worth: Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1990)
• Texas and Christmas, with Joyce Roach (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1983)
• Thistle Hill (Fort Worth: TCU Press, 1987)
• Unbridled Spirits: Short Fiction about Women of the Old West, with A. T. Row (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1993)
• Jeanne Williams (Boise, Idaho: Boise State University Western Writers Series, 1991)
• Stewart Edward White (Boise, Idaho: Boise State University
• Western writers series, 1980)

ARTICLES

Ms. Alter has written more than 200 articles for various publications over the last twenty years. The list below gives an idea of the range of topics and publications. Samples are available on request.

• Section in "Symposium," Texas Women Writers: A Tradition of Their Own Sylvia Ann Grider and Lou Halsell Rodeberger, eds. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1997, pp. 345-348
• Introduction to Gentle Annie by Mackinlay Kantor (New York: Gregg Press, 1986)
• Introduction to Indian Country by Dorothy Johnson (New York: Gregg Press, 1985)
• Introduction to Elmer Kelton Country by Elmer Kelton (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1993)
• "The Market for Western Fiction," Updating the Literary West (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, projected for 1997--a project edited by the Western Literature Association and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• "Notes from an Outsider," CCTE Studies, Volume LVII (September 1992), pp. 87-89
• "Through a Glass Darkly: An Easterner Looks at Westerns," Roundup (Fall 1992)
• "Women--and Feminists--in the old West," Cross Timbers Review, 1989
• "Women in the American West: Literary Images and Image-Makers," Texas Journal, Spring/Summer 1991

REVIEWS

• Fiction book review editor, The Roundup, 1978-1983
• In the last thirty-five years, over 200 book reviews have appeared in such scholarly publications as Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Western American Literature, and Southwestern American Literature as well as in newspapers and popular publications such as Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Dallas Morning News, El Paso Times, Texas Woman, and other magazines
• Restaurant reviews appeared regularly in Fort Worth, publication of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, in the early 1980s and occasionally in Dallas/Fort Worth Business

COLUMNS

• A column of local literary news for Aura Magazine, 1992-1994
• A monthly column of news about Texas writers, Dallas Morning News, 1999—present
• "Along Publishers Row," a column of publishing news, 1972-1978, The Roundup
• "Women's Lit," a column of book reviews which appeared at random on a space available basis in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1974-1975
• A column of medical advice for runners, based on physician interviews, in Texas Runner, 1979-1981

HONORS

• Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Achievement, Western Writers of America, 2002
• Spur Award, Best Western Novel, 1989, from Western Writers of America for Mattie
• Best Juvenile Novel of 1984, Texas Institute of Letters for Luke and the Van Zandt County War
• Western Heritage (Wrangler) Award, Best Short Story, National Cowboy Hall of Fame, for “Fool Girl,” 1989, “Sue Ellen Learns to Dance,” 1998
• Spur Award from Western Writers of America, “Sue Ellen Learns to Dance,” 1998
• Past President, Western Writers of America
• Former Secretary-Treasurer, Texas Institute of Letters
• Named an Outstanding Woman of Fort Worth
• Named among 100 Women Who Have Left Their Mark on Texas, Dallas Morning News